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Source is a one of the possible semantic roles of a verb, indicating the place or object where the movement expressed by the verb starts.

In John received a book from Mary Mary is the source of the movement of the book (the theme) to John (the goal).

Fillmore, C.J. 1968. The Case for Case, in: E. Bach & R.T. Harms (eds.) Universals In Linguistic Theory, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York.
Gruber, J. 1965. Studies in lexical relations, doctoral dissertation, MIT
Jackendoff, R. 1990. Semantic Structures, Cambridge, MIT-Press.
Jackendoff, R. 1983. Semantics and cognition, MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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-'''Source''' is a one of the possible [[thematic role]]s of a [[verb]], indicating the place or object where the movement expressed by the verb starts.
+==Definition==
+'''Source''' is a one of the possible [[semantic role]]s of a [[verb]], indicating the place or object where the movement expressed by the verb starts.
-=== Example ===
+== Example ==
+In ''John received a book from Mary'' Mary is the source of the movement of the book (the [[theme]]) to John (the [[goal]]).
-in ''John received a book from Mary'' Mary is the source of the movement of the book (the [[theme]]) to John (the [[goal]]).
-=== Links ===
+== Links ==
 [http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Source&lemmacode=239 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]
-=== References ===
+== References ==
 * Fillmore, C.J. 1968. ''The Case for Case,'' in: E. Bach &amp; R.T. Harms (eds.) Universals In Linguistic Theory, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York.
 * Gruber, J. 1965. ''Studies in lexical relations,'' doctoral dissertation, MIT
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